Fading Mavericks deserved beatdown right out of the NBA Finals.

Publication: Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX)

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COPYRIGHT 2006 Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Byline: Randy Galloway

FORT WORTH, Texas _ Dream-world wrap-up to the local NBA season:

Despite a gallant effort, the Dallas Mavericks came up two wins short in The Finals. But the best is yet to come, what with a young team, a young Dirk, a young coach and a young owner, all of them so enthusiastic, so special and so . . . so . . . so manly.

Reality-world wrap-up to the local NBA season, as now seen through the eyes of basically everyone outside North Texas zip codes:

It was a gutless el foldo on pro basketball's biggest stage, yet also a deserved exit for a team that whines better than it shoots, and for an owner who is a classless loud mouth punk.

The reality is not pretty, but true.

And the truth is probably somewhere in between the reality and dream worlds.

But the Mavericks are now branded with a negative national perception, mostly because of Mark Cuban's antics,...

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